Sabres Grier prepared to test free agency

‘Grier’s agent, Jay Fee, said Wednesday that Sabres general manager Darcy Regier told him this past week he doubted the team would make Grier an offer before the NHL’s free-agency period begins Saturday. Fee said his client is open to returning to Buffalo and the two sides haven’t ruled out making a deal later this summer. “We’ll see,” Fee told The Associated Press. “It’s not like at this point it’s a `See you later,’ type thing.”‘